Problem: allowing a non-root Linux user/group to access a specific USB device
Solution: udev rules
Problem: udev rules only apply retroactively even when using udevadm
Solution: remove and reinsert the USB device!
Problem: it's in a remote server
Solution: reboot the host each time you attempt a nearly otherwise undebuggable udev rules change
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